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Sean C. Capapruccia Ash Wednesday – Feb. 18, 2026 Joel 2:12–13, 2 Corinthians 5:20–6:2, Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21 We live in a fast-paced world. Everything moves fast, at least it seems to move fast around me. I don’t particularly move all that fast, especially in the morning, but it seems I spend the whole day trying…
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Sean C. Capparuccia 2nd Sunday in Lent 2 Samuel 12:1–13; Psalm 32; Romans 8:26-39; Luke 18:9–14 “Son of God, to Thee we look, Teach us the mysterious Book; Take our weakness by the hand, Make our dullness understand.”[1] In the hymn we just sang, Augustus Toplady wrote, “Be of sin the double cure, Save from…
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Sean C. Capparuccia 22 February 2026, 1st Sunday in Lent Gen. 2:7-9, 3:1-7; Ps. 51; Rom. 5:12-19; Mt. 4:1-11 As we begin our Lenten journey together, we begin with the source of our miseries; the miseries of our human condition. We need a Savior. Why? Because we are sinners. Paul tells us that “All have…
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Sean C. Capparuccia March 23, 2025 – sermon delivered at Trinity Methodist, Magnolia, NC Gospel Lesson: Luke 13:1-9 When I first started preaching about 20 years ago, I was serving in an associate capacity in the church. I was in school and was enthralled with Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon, A.W. Pink, George Whitfield and the…
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by Lara D. Capparuccia (originally published Oct. 9, 2021) It’s not what goes into your body that defiles, but what comes out. Some thoughts on the Gospel reading for 29 August 2021 – my birthday The Gospel according to Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23. :14-15 “[Jesus] summoned the crowd again and said to them,…
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